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Hard Work: Remaking the American Labor Movement
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In this book, Fantasia and Voss--two long-time, respected labor scholars--provide a great overview of and introduction to the American labor movement. The book was actually originally written for a French audience, so they assume you know very little about the American labor movement, explaining things like the National Labor Relations Board and the Ta... »
The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers Movement
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At a time when the Mexican-US border is rife with contention, one needs some inspiration for unity and dialogue. The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Chavez and the Farm Workers Movement by Susan Ferriss and Ricardo Sandoval provides that inspiration. The book chronicles how Chavez, over almost a half-century of activism, used nonviolent tactics to promote u... »
The Fall of the House of Labor: The Workplace, the State, and American Labor Activism, 1865-1925
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David Montgomery analyzes the United States between 1865-1925 in terms of the conflicting social classes that fought for control of industry and labor relations. He argues that class consciousness permeated all levels of social interaction both inside and outside of the workplace. Labor struggles with management about working conditions, wages, and f... »
A Country That Works: Getting America Back on T
Andy Stern does a great job of addressing the elephant in the room, corporate globalization, that is sold to populations around the world as "inevitable,"... »
Rebuilding Labor: Organizing and Organizers in
This book is a good reference tool for the novice Union Organizer. I recommend it highly. It goes over alot of stuff you already know, but it is good to b... »
Detroit, I Do Mind Dying: A Study in Urban Revo
The League of Revolutionary Black Workers, Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement, and the rest of the "RUM"s in the Detroit area are all examples of the radi... »
Rising from the Rails: Pullman Porters and the
Larry Tye is a white guy writing about a specific aspect of the "black experience." Now, some white guys can pull this off very well indeed. For example... »
Cannery Women, Cannery Lives: Mexican Women, Un
Sal Si Puedes (Escape If You Can): Cesar Chave
Sal Si Puedes, by Peter Matthiessen, is an excellent chronicle of the adult life of the farm workers' revolutionary, Cesar Chavez. This Biography written ... »
Hard-Pressed in the Heartland: The Hormel Strik
Rachleff, labor historian who "studies the past because he is interested in the future", writes the perfect and much needed antidote to Barbara Koppel's A... »
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